Keller’s attorney files motion for a new trial

In April, an Inyo County jury found Edward Keller, Jr. guilty of second degree murder in the beating death of James Williams in a home on the Bishop Indian reservation. Now, Keller’s attorney will file a motion for a new trial.

That motion will go before the court June 7th. Attorney Tom Hardy, representing Keller as a public defender, said, “I’m pursuing all legal options and pursuing what I believe are possible grounds for a new trial. I will leave it up to the court.” Scheduled for June 9th is sentencing of Keller if a new trial is not granted.

It was on Thanksgiving in 2009 that James Williams was killed in what was described as a drunken and violent scene. Sheriff’s officers had said that Keller confessed to the murder in a taped interview in December of 2009.

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About Benett Kessler

Always interested in writing, Benett was the editor of her high school paper, proceeded to the University of Chicago and then out West where she and John Heston formed Eastern Sierra News Service in Inyo County. They fed film to KNXT in Los Angeles and co-wrote and produced the first daily radio news in the Eastern Sierra. Their work ranged from a published news magazine to the first television newscast. They continued to provide videotaped news to KABC and other news outlets. After a seat on the Mammoth Times board and work as newswriter, Benett formed her own company, Sierra Broadcasters and launched an FM radio station, now KSRW and a broadcast television station, KSRW-TV33. The latest addition - Sierrawave.net. Her company motto: Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.